Improvement in clothes-driers



JOHN JOHNSON.

Improvement in Clothes-Briefs;

N0. 115,866. PatentOdJuNe13,18?1.

JOHN JOHNSON, OF PERRY, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN CLOTHES-DRIERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 115,866, dated June 13, 1871.

To all 'whom it may concer/n:

Beit known thet, Jenn J oHNso-N, of Perry, in the county of Pike and State of Illinois, here invented e new end Improved Clothes-Drier; and I do hereby declare that the following,- is a, full, olea-r, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification.

This invention rela-tes to improvements in clothes-drying frames; an d it consists in anumber ci' arms jointed to sleeves sliding` up and down e notched shaft or post in such a wavy that pawls or toes on the inner ends ofthe arms will engage in the notches when the arms Vare extended horizontally, and hold the. said arms in an extended position on the post,and, by lifting the outer ends, the toes will be disengaged and the sleeves will slide down below a rack surrounding the post,.\vhich holds the arms in al compact bundle around the shaft.

Figure 1 is an elevation of my improved clothes-drier; and Figsgf to G, inclusive, are vertical views of theseverel parts of which it is made.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspending parts.

A is the vertical shaft or post rising up from any suitable base. It is provided with the ennular grooves ornotches B, at suitable distances apart. O represents short tubes or sleeves, tted to slide freely on the post; they are provided with ears D, projecting radially from them, to which the arms E are pivoted at F, one t0 each. These arms have toes G iattached to their inner ends, which engage with the notches or grooves When they are erre-n ged to project horizonta-lly, and hold them in the position represented in Fig. l'for holding the clothes. H is a rack, surrounding the post near the base, into which the arms may be dropped when raised up at the outer ends and the toes are disengaged from the notches so tha-t the sleeves will run down the post. The toes may be formed on the metal attachments l for connecting to the inner ends'of the arms, or they may be made in any other suitable Way.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patf ent l. The arms E E, arranged vin pairs, and having toes G G on their inner ends, combined, as described, with e notched post, A B, for the purpose specified.

2. The rack H, combined, as described, with the lower part of post A, for the purpose of re ceiving and supporting the arms, as set forth.

JOHN JOHNSON. l

Witnesses:

JNO. A. McGLINroGK, HENRY Snonimmnn. 

